HGC level is low..

can anyone explain? im 5 weeks .. almost 6. spotted 2days in the weekend.. went for a blood test ..hgc level is 150 .. she said im pregnant but not 5 weeks!!! am i miscarrying? she asked for a 2nd blood test tomorrow .. but i am going crazy now ... why could it be low? what are my options? i usually bleed when i miscarry .. now i am not .. googling the hgc levels for 5 weeks 150 sounds normal .. any input mamas with knowledge? please be honest .. don t want to have false hope..

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In my experience 150 at 5 weeks is low. My fertility clinic liked to see over 100 at 14 Days post ovulation (4 weeks). By that metric, 150 at 5 weeks would be low. The difference is at a clinic you know exactly when you ovulated. A few days off in your dates could make a very big difference.

You say you are 5 weeks almost 6.. is that based on LMP? Are you more like 5 w 5 days? If that's the case I would be looking closer to the 6 week numbers ( approx half the lowest #). I hope you next test results show that your numbers are doubling and you just ovulated/implanted late!

In my experience 150 at 5 weeks is low. My fertility clinic liked to see over...

Posted
02/13/2018

In my experience 150 at 5 weeks is low. My fertility clinic liked to see over 100 at 14 Days post ovulation (4 weeks). By that metric, 150 at 5 weeks would be low. The difference is at a clinic you know exactly when you ovulated. A few days off in your dates could make a very big difference.

You say you are 5 weeks almost 6.. is that based on LMP? Are you more like 5 ...

Posted
02/13/2018

You say you are 5 weeks almost 6.. is that based on LMP? Are you more like 5 w 5 days? If that's the case I would be looking closer to the 6 week numbers ( approx half the lowest #). I hope you next test results show that your numbers are doubling and you just ovulated/implanted late!

In my experience 150 at 5 weeks is low. My fertility clinic liked to see over...

Posted
02/13/2018

In my experience 150 at 5 weeks is low. My fertility clinic liked to see over 100 at 14 Days post ovulation (4 weeks). By that metric, 150 at 5 weeks would be low. The difference is at a clinic you know exactly when you ovulated. A few days off in your dates could make a very big difference.

Big hugs- hoping you get good results at the second beta.

what's next? i will bleed?? i need a pill to stop the pregnancy?the nurse wouldnt answer my questions until i have 2nd blood test. but i need to know my options for all scenarios ... anyone went through this?

Lmp is really only accurate assuming a 28 day cycle and ovulating on CD (cycle day) 14 with a 14 day LP. So in your case since you ovulate later it's not accurate. So I would say its possible you are only 5 w 2 days. Which makes 150 seem much better. I used a due date calculator that had me enter lmp, cycle length, lp length to predict my due date and calculate how far along I am. Since my cycle isn't consistsnt.

One beta doesn't mean anything. It's the rise between the two numbers, ideally 48 hrs apart that is important. There's a huge range of normal hcg levels.150 is fine for where you are but also I agree with a pp if you ovulated cd17 that would push your edd back 3 days and have you at 5w2d.

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